The predecessor of Xinjiang University is Xinjiang College of Russian Politics and Law, which was founded in 1924. 1June, 935, it was transformed into Xinjiang College. 1 960 65438+1October1was formally established. 1978, the State Council was identified as the only national key university in Xinjiang. 1997 was included in the first batch of "2 1 1 project" key universities in China. In 2000, it was identified as a national key construction university for the development of the western region; In the same year, Xinjiang University merged with the former Xinjiang Institute of Technology to form a new Xinjiang University.

It covers an area of about 4,790 mu, with a building area of 6,543,800+0.24 million square meters, and more than 2 million copies of various paper literature resources. There are 33 teaching and research institutions and 95 undergraduate majors; There are 37,350 students of all kinds, including 22,360 ordinary undergraduates.